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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: December Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses recent rulings and identif... (more story)

9th Circ. Ruling Upholds Employee Speech Amid Stalled NLRB

The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in National Labor Relations Board v. North Mountain Foothills Apartments shows... (more story)

Handbook Hot Topics: An Employer-Friendly Shift At NLRB

As the National Labor Relations Board is expected to shift toward issuing more employer-friendly decisions, employ... (more story)

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Starbucks Hit With Another Suit Over Uniform Reimbursement

Starbucks employees sued the coffee giant in California federal court Thursday accusing it of refusing to reimburse them for hundreds of dollars they spent to buy apparel that comply with the company's new uni... (more story)

2nd Circ. Restores Ex-Union Boss' Bribery Sentence

The Second Circuit on Thursday ordered a Manhattan federal court to reinstate a nearly five-year prison sentence for a former boss in New York City's largest correction officers union, saying disparities betwe... (more story)

Oregon Labor Peace Law Unconstitutional, 9th Circ. Told

Cannabis companies that brought a successful challenge to an Oregon state law requiring marijuana businesses to have labor peace agreements told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday the law was unconstitutional and preempted.

Harvard Should Allow Union Access To Report, NLRB Says

The union representing Harvard's campus police should have been able to access the report the school commissioned while investigating how officers handled a 2023 student sexual assault case, National Labor Rel... (more story)

SEIU Local Seeks Arbitration In Dues Spat With Ex-Affiliate

A Service Employees International Union local has asked a California federal court to send its dues payment dispute with a Los Angeles-based organization representing managers in local government jobs to arbit... (more story)

USPS, Union Faulted For Treatment Of Colorado Letter Carrier

A U.S. Postal Service facility in Boulder, Colorado, went after a letter carrier whom management didn't like after hearing that he was running for union president, a National Labor Relations Board judge determ... (more story)

New York Defends Farmworker Unionization Law

Three New York farms had ample opportunity to challenge the United Farm Workers of America's certification as their workers' bargaining representative, so they can't fight the state law that let farmworkers un... (more story)

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Fired Worker Slaps Hertz With Pay Equity And Retaliation Suit

A former worker hit the Hertz Corp. with a lawsuit in Georgia federal court, claiming that the car rental company gave male employees better pay and superior treatment than women, and eventually fired her for ... (more story)

SDNY Judge Unsure Of Jurisdiction In Maurene Comey Suit

A Manhattan federal judge said Thursday he may not have jurisdiction over former prosecutor Maurene Comey's suit claiming President Donald Trump's rivalry with her father, former FBI Director James Comey, led to her firing.

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4th Circ. Says Iranian Researcher's EEOC Charge Too Narrow

The Fourth Circuit refused to revive a suit from an Iranian ex-research assistant who claimed she was berated and forced to resign from her university job, ruling her allegations strayed beyond the scope of he... (more story)

Airline Pushed Colo. Pilot Out Over Depression, Court Told

A regional carrier for American Airlines put a Colorado-based pilot through a rigorous training process after learning about her depression and anxiety and denied her request to take time off to address her wo... (more story)

Bipartisan Bill Would Set Guardrails On Employers' AI Use

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that mandates employers include human oversight when using automated decision-making software, regularly test their tools and disclose to wo... (more story)

FCC OKs $1B UScellular Deal After AT&T Drops DEI Policies

AT&T got the Federal Communications Commission's approval for its $1 billion UScellular deal Wednesday, following in the wake of rivals Verizon and T-Mobile and becoming the latest of the big three mobile carr... (more story)

Wash. Defends Law Limiting Immigrants Working In Jails

Washington state urged a federal judge to deny King County's attempt to block a law that imposes citizenship and immigration status requirements for local government corrections officers, arguing that it passe... (more story)

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Temple Cancer Center Can't Escape Worker's OT Math Suit

A higher multiplier for overtime calculations for an orderly who earned both hourly pay and a flat bonus is necessary to meet the public policy requirements of Pennsylvania's minimum wage law, a federal judge ... (more story)

LA Law Firm Faces Suit Over Alleged Worker Misclassification

A Los Angeles law firm initially promised to pay a former staffer as an employee with an annual salary but suddenly changed his classification to that of an independent contractor and terminated him after he c... (more story)

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Workers Snag Partial Collective In Management Co. OT Suit

Three workers can proceed as a limited collective in their suit accusing a land management company of cheating them out of overtime pay, a Maryland federal judge ruled, saying that they failed to support their... (more story)

Worker Says Metal Supplier Owes For Unpaid Meeting Time

A specialty metals supplier regularly forces warehouse employees to participate in meetings when they are supposed to be on breaks, depriving them of money they're owed and reducing their potential overtime pa... (more story)

Phillips 66 Failed To Pay For Standby Shifts, Workers Say

Oil refinery company Phillips 66 failed to pay its employees for their standby shifts even though such shifts imposed great limitations on them, three workers said in a proposed class action in California federal court.

'Mailbox Rule' Can't Deliver Win For Marshalls, 9th Circ. Told

A former Marshalls worker told the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday that a district judge wrongly relied on the "mailbox rule" to send his employment suit to arbitration because Marshalls had mailed him an arbitration... (more story)

Instacart Challenges NYC's New Grocery Delivery Regulations

Instacart on Tuesday asked a federal court to block New York City's new regulations for app-based delivery workers, claiming that the new minimum wage, consumer tipping options and disclosure requirements run ... (more story)